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What gen?

The one that seems most hated is gen 5. Personally that gen is average. Got loads of flaws and some things are kinda meh but then you got some really good designs and the best story in Pokémon. Along with pretty good music (not the best but some like route 10 are great). Though power creep this gen was awful.

Other gens I haven’t talked about are 1, 6 and 7

1 is alright. The post game is awful (rather the fact that it’s practically non existent) pretty simple in terms of features. Otherwise team rocket was alright, loads of iconic Pokémon.

6 is overall a well made region with the biggest faults, team flare sucks, friends suck, too easy, linear region (better than 5 though). Features and Pokémon are brilliant here. Too bad there wasn’t a Pokémon z to complete the gaps

Gen 7 is nice, very hand holdy early on but after that it’s great. Region design suffers from the linearity since unova games. Festival plaza is also a mess.

If I had to rate best to worst

4, 2, 5, 7, 6, 1, 3

Overall though every gen of Pokémon has been great. I don’t hate any but I just like some a bit less